Fall back to AWS CloudFront
There is a backup Content Delivery Network (CDN) that can be used if Fastly is down. This backup CDN is currently provided by AWS CloudFront.
Important At the time of writing, GOV.UK will be served by static mirrors and not the origin of GOV.UK if you fallback to the backup CDN.
Procedure
You will have to make 2 DNS changes to GOV.UK:
-
you will have to ask JISC (very few people are authorised to make such changes) to change the cname of
www.gov.uk
to thewww
AWS CloudFront distribution domain. You can log into the AWS web console to find thewww
AWS CloudFront distribution domain. -
you will have to change the cname of
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
to theassets
AWS CloudFront distribution domain using the usual gov.uk processes. You can log into the AWS web console to find theassets
AWS CloudFront distribution domain.